VIA MERCHANT
Genres: Graphic novel and fantasy
For fans of: Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao
This winner of the 2007 Printz Award is a graphic novel for teens that doubles as a modern fable told in three separate stories. Don’t miss Gene Luen Yang’s creative force and imaginative depiction of what it’s like to be the target of prejudiced thinking.
“Gene Luen Yang’s Boxers was the first graphic novel I ever read, and it didn’t take very long for me to delve into the equally fantastic American Born Chinese,” says Strolle. “Recently the subject of a visually stunning adaptation on Disney+, American Born Chinese is a book that feels so quintessentially YA, balancing a search for identity with school, friends and more.”
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